Tag: Nigeria

Civilians Apprehend Muslim Fulani Suspects in Killing of Five Christians in Nigeria JOS, Nigeria, June 3, 2020 (Morning Star News) A Christian in north-central Nigeria who led a team of civilians that apprehended Muslim Fulani herdsmen after they allegedly killed five Christians on Thursday night (May 28) was blunt about their motives.These Muslim... Read more

Nigerian military secure an area where a man was killed by suspected militants near Maiduguri, Nigeria, February 16, 2019.(Photo: Reuters/Afolabi Sotunde)The Christian Association of Nigeria is calling on the country's government to secure the release of its chairman of the Nasarawa State unit, Bishop Joseph Masin, who was kidnapped from his house by gunmen last... Read more

2 Senators Ask President Trump to Offer Aid to Persecuted Christian in Nigeria As Christians in Nigeria continue to face harsh persecution by Islamic extremist groups, 2 Republican senators want President Trump to take action.According to CBN News, Iowa Senators Joni Ernst and Chuck Grassley are urging the President in a letter to... Read more

PixabayA federal court in Nigeria sentenced a man to 26 years in prison after he abducted a Christian teenager from her home and forced her into an Islamic marriage in 2015.A federal high court in Bayelsa State on Thursday sentenced Yunusa Dahiru for the abduction of Ese Oruru, according to Nigerian media outlets.Oruru was abducted... Read more

Nigeria (MNN) Attacks on Christians in Nigeria by militant Islamic groups have not diminished at all during the COVID-19 lockdowns. Several brutal assaults took place just this weekwhen Fulani herdsmen killed men, women, and children. Todd Nettleton of Voice of the Martyrs USA (VOM USA) says since March 23, Our workers in Nigeria have identified... Read more

[ad_1] Nigeria (MNN) A scarcity of non secular freedom in sub-Saharan Africa has thrown the area into turmoil. That is the primary freedom, so to talk, says David Curry, of Open Doorways USA, whereas describing spiritual freedom. It’s the place the place . . . individuals are being pressured for problems with conscience. For those... Read more

[ad_1] Nigeria (CAM) — (Observe: This story involves us by means of Christian Assist Mission, an company which companions with native ministries world wide.) In a rustic the place terrorists and kidnappers function uncontested, efforts by native missionaries to are likely to victims of violence additionally contain safeguarding staff lives. For the previous seven years... Read more

[ad_1] Nigeria (MNN) — Nigerian police are on a heightened alert standing since the US drone assault on Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani. The loss of life of an Islamic army chief may immediate Nigerian Muslim extremists to retaliate with Nigerian Christians almost definitely within the crosshairs. The Islamic State in Nigeria beforehand executed 11 believers... Read more

[ad_1] Nigeria (MNN) — In Nigeria, Muslim extremists beheaded 10 Christians and shot an eleventh in the newest show of unchecked terror. The assault is reportedly a part of a wider marketing campaign to avenge the October loss of life of former ISIS chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. To Isaac Six of Open Doorways USA, its... Read more

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This week, Islamic State terrorists in Nigeria launched a video that reportedly exhibits the group executing 11 Christians. In line with the video, the boys had been “captured in the past weeks” and had been killed as retribution for the loss of life of Islamic State chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, who was killed... Read more

[ad_1] Nigeria (MNN) — Earlier this month, Nigerias President Muhammadu Buhari ordered extremist Islamic colleges to dissolve. Trans World Radios (TWR) West Africa Transmitting Web site Director Garth Kennedy says a few of these colleges held college students hostage. There are many Islamic colleges round us [that] are persevering with and never taking an extremist... Read more

[ad_1] Nigeria (MNN) — The Nigerian Military says Boko Haram terrorists are on the run, however is it the reality or a public relations stunt? Islamic State and Boko Haram militants are gaining management in northern Nigeria, warns Reuters. On the similar time, Nigerian media declare army techniques are working. The Armys public relations director... Read more